Putbus Orangery
The Orangery Putbus is a late classical building in Putbus in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . It is used as a gallery for art exhibitions and events.
history
In the 18th century, a pleasure garden based on the French model was laid out on behalf of Count Moritz Ulrich I. zu Putbus. The orangery or the greenhouse was built in place of the Belvedere, which was demolished in 1804/1805, and an ice cellar (1816–1819) in 1824, possibly according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel . Today's orangery was built in 1853 after a redesign by the Berlin architect Friedrich August Stüler . Until 1945 the orangery was mainly used to acclimatise exotic plants for the park and as winter quarters for the potted plants set up around the palace in summer. The structure also served as a ballroom. After 1945 the rooms were partially used as living space for resettled families. From 1973 rooms in the orangery were used by the city library and the spa administration. Exhibition activity began in some of the rooms. At the beginning of 1996, the main building was largely reconstructed in a construction period of only 16 weeks and on May 24, 1996 it was handed over to its purpose as a center for art exhibitions on the island of Rügen.
architecture
The structure is an elongated gallery building that is designed as a plastered building with a flat gable roof. On the park side the center is by a projecting Risalit accented with floor and beveled corners on both sides are flat risalits with simpler aedicula arranged superstructures. The six-axis gallery fronts in between are almost completely dissolved into large arched windows and are only structured by slender, cast-iron columns. At the central projection the floor at the bevelled corners is enriched with niches where Nike figures are in cast zinc. The corresponding areas on the ground floor are provided with ornamental plastered fields.
In contrast, the courtyard side is designed as a simple, well-proportioned plastered building, in which the central part and both sides are set off by flat pilasters . While the front is one-zone, the rear is divided into two zones and only opened through relatively small windows. Central portals on the risalits open up the building at the rear. Regardless of the late classicist architectural style, the building turned out to be functional and designed with the industrial means available at the time (cast iron).
The two-story courtyard side is furnished with a room for weddings on the ground floor. The entrance on the courtyard side is flanked by two single-storey gatehouses with a gable roof and arched windows, in which a café and a show workshop of a pottery are set up. The gateposts are crowned by cast iron eagles. A replica of the figure of the dying Gaul is set up in front of the central projection on the park side .
literature
- Gerd Baier, Horst Ende, Beatrix Träger, Dirk Handorf and Brigitte Oltmanns: The architectural and art monuments in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Western Pomerania coastal region. 1st edition. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-89487-222-5 , pp. 569-570.
Web links
- Literature about Orangery Putbus in the state bibliography MV
- Information about the Orangery Putbus on Rügen-guide.de
- Websites of the Rügen Cultural Foundation
Coordinates: 54 ° 21 ′ 7.4 " N , 13 ° 28 ′ 18.5" E